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2004 Craven District Council election

2004 UK local government election

2004 UK local government election

The 2004 Craven District Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Craven District Council in North Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

  • Conservative 13
  • Independent 11
  • Liberal Democrats 6

Background

After the last election in 2003, the Conservatives had 11 seats, compared to 10 for independents and 9 Liberal Democrats. However, in November 2003 an independent candidate gained a seat from the Liberal Democrats at a by-election in Bentham.

At the 2004 election two long serving councillors stood down, Beth Graham from Settle and Ribblesbanks ward, who had been a councillor since 1976, and Peter Walbank of Grassington ward. Candidates at the election included the first Labour Party candidate for a few years, James Black in Skipton South, while the Green Party also stood a candidate in Aire Valley with Lothersdale.

Election result

The Conservatives gained 2 seats at the election to have 13 councillors, compared to 11 independents and 6 Liberal Democrats. Overall turnout at the election reached 50% after being held with all postal voting, only 9% below the turnout nationally at the 2001 general election, with the high turnout leading to a delay in the counting of the results.

|seats % = 54.5 |votes % = 41.6 |plus/minus = -4.1% |seats % = 27.3 |votes % = 29.9 |plus/minus = +5.6% |seats % = 18.2 |votes % = 24.9 |plus/minus = -5.1% |seats % = 0 |votes % = 2.1 |plus/minus = +2.1% |seats % = 0 |votes % = 1.5 |plus/minus = +1.5%

Ward results

By-elections between 2004 and 2006

References

References

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  2. (12 June 2004). "Ballot box – Elections". [[NewsBank]].
  3. "Local elections". [[BBC News Online]].
  4. (14 November 2003). "Independents win in byelection polls". [[The Guardian]].
  5. (14 May 2004). "Long-serving councillors retire". [[NewsBank]].
  6. White, Clive. (18 June 2004). "Election shock as BNP moves in". [[NewsBank]].
  7. Hetherington, Peter. (11 June 2004). "Elections 2004: Councils report big rise in turnout in areas voting only by post: Regions Surge forces delay in count". [[NewsBank]].
  8. "District Council election". Craven District Council.
  9. (3 March 2006). "Labour makes surprise byelection gain". [[The Guardian]].
  10. Williamson, Howard. (6 December 2006). "Leeds woman is Tories' first female candidate". [[Yorkshire Evening Post]].
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